HILLIER, Davis Oldham
Service Number: | 2278 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Stroud Green, Edmonton, Middlesex, United Kingdom, 1890 |
Home Town: | Curlewis, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Grave I. A. 43., Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2278, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2278, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1890 Hillier Davis Oldham Edmonton 3a 271
He was 26 years old.
His younger brother Able Seaman Douglas Ralph Hillier RN, aged 19, was one of the first casualties of the Great War, having been lost on 6th August 1914 in the sinking of H.M.S. "Amphion".While returning from patrolling, she struck a mine off the Thames Estuary and sank with the loss of 132 crewmen killed. She was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War.
They were sons of William John George and Mary Emma Hillier, of White House, Bascote Heath, Southham, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Both had been born in the Edmonton area, of North London.
Both are remembered on the UFTON, BASCOTE HEATH and STONEY THORPE WAR MEMORIAL